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Jondy still walked to school with Tammy everyday and the two would get together every once in awhile on the weekends, but mostly Jondy spent her time with Eric. They ate lunch together every day in the cab of Eric's pick- up and he would drive her home after school. Sometimes they went straight to Jody's foster parents place and would sit at the dinning room table together doing their homework, other times they would go to the home of Eric's foster mom. Neither of them talked about the time spent before they were with their foster parents, each accepting that they would tell the other when the time was right.
One day when they had ended up at Eric's place Jondy had a seizure in the bathroom, it wasn't a particularly bad one but it also wasn't her first of the day. They had finished their work so they went and sat on the porch swing at the front of the house. Even though Jondy rarely slept at night the seizures had taken their toll and she fell asleep with her head resting on Eric's shoulder. While she was at Manticore she had hated the fact that she didn't need sleep, because that meant seven hours where she had nothing to do. Her and Maxie often spent the time making up games and talking but seven hours left a lot of time to get bored. Now though she was grateful for the fact that she rarely slept because when she did sleep she was plagued with nightmares, and this time was no different.
She slept for twenty minutes before she started crying out incoherently and thrashing in her sleep. Eric was gently shaking her, "Wake up Jo, wake up. It's okay, it's just a dream. Come on Jo, please wake up." His gentle voice brought her back, she looked up into his strong and caring eyes and curled up in his lap hiding her face in the crook of his neck. He gently rocked her back and forth whispering comforting words in her ear. Eventually, she calmed down and was able to look up at him again, "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked gently. Jondy just shook her head no, she didn't trust her voice to give a negative response. She wanted to talk about it so badly but she couldn't, she couldn't put his life in danger like that.
"I should probably get headed home." she said timidly. Eric kissed her forehead and held her tight. The two slowly got up from the swing and after saying good bye to Marty, Eric's foster mom, Eric drove Jondy home. Jondy stood on the front step watching as Eric drove away waiting until he was out of sight before heading inside. It was and act she regretted just moments later.
What greeted Jondy was her foster father drunk and angry, he had come home to find his wife and another man sleeping together in their bedroom. The other man had been thrown out of the house with his clothes following a few moments later and his wife lay crying in the corner of the bedroom with a black eye, split lip, and numerous bruises up and down her body. The man was able to get slap across an un-expecting Jody's face before she realised what was going on. She turned around to run back out the door but was only half way out when her feet were swept out from underneath her, slamming her face down on the cold concrete of the front stoop. She quickly pulled herself up and was running down the street before her foster father got another chance to hurt her. It took a good twenty minutes for her to reach Marty and Eric's place, and her face felt like it was on fire by the time she got there.
Marty answered the knocking on the front door and quickly ushered Jondy in. "Eric, get me the first aid kit from the bathroom, and HURRY!" she yelled out helping Jondy into a seat at the kitchen.
Eric came into the kitchen with the first aid kit and when he saw Jo sitting there with her bloody and bruised he ran to her side. "Oh my god Jo, what happened?"
Jondy quietly said in a voice more timid and scared than she expected her foster father's name "Damien." Eric's face was full of love and concern but she could also see the fury that was burning behind his eyes at the knowledge that her foster father had done this to her. Still he ever so gently washed off her face cleaning the dirt from all the scratches.
"One thing's for sure you're not going back there." Marty's stern voice stated from behind the two, she knew she could trust them they were both good kids. "And as long as you both promise to behave, you can stay her Jo. There's any empty guest bedroom on the second floor. It's a bit small, that's why Eric took the room on the main level, but at least you'll be safe." Both kids nodded promising not to break Marty's trust. "Well why don't you two along with Blue there go back to Jo's place so she can pick up her things while I make us a nice hot meal."
Jondy and Eric walked out to the truck with Blue tagging along closely behind Jondy. Jondy had learned to trust the dog and now welcomed his presence when she felt so vulnerable. She knew it was really all in her head, and that if she wanted to she could take Darien down with ease but having Eric and Blue there just made her feel safer.
When they got to the house Eric opened the door and found Damien standing there expecting Jody's return. What none of them were expecting was for Blue to jump at the man and tackle him to the ground. The dog pinned him to the ground and had all his teeth bared growling in his face. "I'll go get my things." Jondy hurried off to her room leaving Eric and Blue to watch over the man on the floor. Jondy quickly grabbed the two duffel bags she kept stashed in her closest and filled them with clothes and a few personal items; she also grabbed the large bottle of tryptophan from desk drawer. While she had it out she also filled the pill bottle that she kept in her jacket pocket. She quickly stuffed the larger bottle into the duffel bag and the smaller one back into her coat pocket, with her back to the door she didn't see Eric standing there watching as she did this. He quickly hurried away before she turned around and was back in the front hall before she left her room. "Let's go." she said curtly wanting to get out of the house. She opened the door and stood out on the front porch waiting for Blue and Eric. Blue got off the man still growling at him and went out to nuzzle Jody's leg and Eric backed out the door warning the man to never come near Jo again.
They had placed Jody's bags in the back of the pick-up and Blue leaped up in back as well. The drive back was quiet for the first half until Jondy suddenly started to seize. Normally she got the shakes before she started to seize badly but this time she just went into a full seizure, she had never told Eric about her seizures. They made her feel weak and were a constant reminder of the hell she had grown up in and the reason for the escape. As soon as she started to seize Eric pulled the car over to the side of the road and threw on his hazards. Quickly undoing his seatbelt he reached inside her coat where he had seen her put the pills, looking at the label he gasped "Tryptophan?" He shook a few of the pills into his hand and held them to her mouth. After she swallowed them he undid her seatbelt and slid underneath her, holding her as she rode out the last of the seizure. When her body finally calmed down she nuzzled her face into his yawning as her body was exhausted from the stress put on it throughout the day. "Oh Jo, why didn't you say something?" He held her to him rocking slightly in the seat.
"Scared" she said mumbled into his neck.
"God Jo, I love you so much I can't even describe it. I literally ache when you're not around, when I can't hold you or touch you."
"I love you too Eric, I just didn't know how explain it."
"That's my point Jo; you wouldn't have had to explain it. Now, I just don't know what we're going to do."
"What do you mean Eric? I don't understand what you're saying." Jondy looked up at the man she had fallen in love with, the man that had fallen in love with her. He looked so sad and confused. "So, I get seizures every once in awhile, it's no big deal as long as I take my pills. We don't have to do anything differently than before."
Eric reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a bottle similar to Jody's. Jondy reached for the bottle slowly and looked at the label Tryptophan. She looked up at Eric's face which was now streaked with tears. She reached up and gently wiped them away, "Eric?"
He just shook his head and said in sad broken voice, "Za-ane"
Jody's eyes grew wide and she buried her face in his neck once again, her arms circling around him holding him tight, "Jondy" she said her own name it was muffled by his skin but he still heard her and he pulled her tight against him burrowing his face in her shoulder making it wet with his tears.
"So now you see why we can't be. But I love you so much, not like I love the others, it fills my whole body, but we can't."
Jondy pulled back and looked at him and then pulled his face down to hers kissing him strongly. She ran her tongue along his lips; she sucked on them and nibbled them until he gave her entrance into his mouth. Their tongues warred and they tasted each other filling the other's mouth with their own taste. Trying to get even closer to each other their bodies rubbed hard against each other. Zane fisted his hands in Jody's long blonde hair and Jondy tangled hers in his blue mane. Finally Zane pulled away with his hands still in her hair and resting his forehead against hers, "but you're my sister."
"No Zane, I'm not. In Manticore yeah we were brother and sister part of family, but out here we are two people who survived hell together, two people who are madly" kissing him hard and quick "passionately" running her tongue along his lips "in love."
Zane kissed her gently on the lips, "So you're sure this okay?" still a little unsure.
"Positive. I love you Zane, not like I love Krit, not like I love Zack. The love I have for them warms my heart, the love I have for you warms my entire body. You are my good place."
Zane smiled and moved in for another sweet kiss. "And you are mine."
A/N Okay I'm sorry if the ending is really sappy but I had no choice, I wanted a happy fic, to many sad angsty fics out there. I have an idea for another chapter I have decided if I'll write or post it yet.
Jondy still walked to school with Tammy everyday and the two would get together every once in awhile on the weekends, but mostly Jondy spent her time with Eric. They ate lunch together every day in the cab of Eric's pick- up and he would drive her home after school. Sometimes they went straight to Jody's foster parents place and would sit at the dinning room table together doing their homework, other times they would go to the home of Eric's foster mom. Neither of them talked about the time spent before they were with their foster parents, each accepting that they would tell the other when the time was right.
One day when they had ended up at Eric's place Jondy had a seizure in the bathroom, it wasn't a particularly bad one but it also wasn't her first of the day. They had finished their work so they went and sat on the porch swing at the front of the house. Even though Jondy rarely slept at night the seizures had taken their toll and she fell asleep with her head resting on Eric's shoulder. While she was at Manticore she had hated the fact that she didn't need sleep, because that meant seven hours where she had nothing to do. Her and Maxie often spent the time making up games and talking but seven hours left a lot of time to get bored. Now though she was grateful for the fact that she rarely slept because when she did sleep she was plagued with nightmares, and this time was no different.
She slept for twenty minutes before she started crying out incoherently and thrashing in her sleep. Eric was gently shaking her, "Wake up Jo, wake up. It's okay, it's just a dream. Come on Jo, please wake up." His gentle voice brought her back, she looked up into his strong and caring eyes and curled up in his lap hiding her face in the crook of his neck. He gently rocked her back and forth whispering comforting words in her ear. Eventually, she calmed down and was able to look up at him again, "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked gently. Jondy just shook her head no, she didn't trust her voice to give a negative response. She wanted to talk about it so badly but she couldn't, she couldn't put his life in danger like that.
"I should probably get headed home." she said timidly. Eric kissed her forehead and held her tight. The two slowly got up from the swing and after saying good bye to Marty, Eric's foster mom, Eric drove Jondy home. Jondy stood on the front step watching as Eric drove away waiting until he was out of sight before heading inside. It was and act she regretted just moments later.
What greeted Jondy was her foster father drunk and angry, he had come home to find his wife and another man sleeping together in their bedroom. The other man had been thrown out of the house with his clothes following a few moments later and his wife lay crying in the corner of the bedroom with a black eye, split lip, and numerous bruises up and down her body. The man was able to get slap across an un-expecting Jody's face before she realised what was going on. She turned around to run back out the door but was only half way out when her feet were swept out from underneath her, slamming her face down on the cold concrete of the front stoop. She quickly pulled herself up and was running down the street before her foster father got another chance to hurt her. It took a good twenty minutes for her to reach Marty and Eric's place, and her face felt like it was on fire by the time she got there.
Marty answered the knocking on the front door and quickly ushered Jondy in. "Eric, get me the first aid kit from the bathroom, and HURRY!" she yelled out helping Jondy into a seat at the kitchen.
Eric came into the kitchen with the first aid kit and when he saw Jo sitting there with her bloody and bruised he ran to her side. "Oh my god Jo, what happened?"
Jondy quietly said in a voice more timid and scared than she expected her foster father's name "Damien." Eric's face was full of love and concern but she could also see the fury that was burning behind his eyes at the knowledge that her foster father had done this to her. Still he ever so gently washed off her face cleaning the dirt from all the scratches.
"One thing's for sure you're not going back there." Marty's stern voice stated from behind the two, she knew she could trust them they were both good kids. "And as long as you both promise to behave, you can stay her Jo. There's any empty guest bedroom on the second floor. It's a bit small, that's why Eric took the room on the main level, but at least you'll be safe." Both kids nodded promising not to break Marty's trust. "Well why don't you two along with Blue there go back to Jo's place so she can pick up her things while I make us a nice hot meal."
Jondy and Eric walked out to the truck with Blue tagging along closely behind Jondy. Jondy had learned to trust the dog and now welcomed his presence when she felt so vulnerable. She knew it was really all in her head, and that if she wanted to she could take Darien down with ease but having Eric and Blue there just made her feel safer.
When they got to the house Eric opened the door and found Damien standing there expecting Jody's return. What none of them were expecting was for Blue to jump at the man and tackle him to the ground. The dog pinned him to the ground and had all his teeth bared growling in his face. "I'll go get my things." Jondy hurried off to her room leaving Eric and Blue to watch over the man on the floor. Jondy quickly grabbed the two duffel bags she kept stashed in her closest and filled them with clothes and a few personal items; she also grabbed the large bottle of tryptophan from desk drawer. While she had it out she also filled the pill bottle that she kept in her jacket pocket. She quickly stuffed the larger bottle into the duffel bag and the smaller one back into her coat pocket, with her back to the door she didn't see Eric standing there watching as she did this. He quickly hurried away before she turned around and was back in the front hall before she left her room. "Let's go." she said curtly wanting to get out of the house. She opened the door and stood out on the front porch waiting for Blue and Eric. Blue got off the man still growling at him and went out to nuzzle Jody's leg and Eric backed out the door warning the man to never come near Jo again.
They had placed Jody's bags in the back of the pick-up and Blue leaped up in back as well. The drive back was quiet for the first half until Jondy suddenly started to seize. Normally she got the shakes before she started to seize badly but this time she just went into a full seizure, she had never told Eric about her seizures. They made her feel weak and were a constant reminder of the hell she had grown up in and the reason for the escape. As soon as she started to seize Eric pulled the car over to the side of the road and threw on his hazards. Quickly undoing his seatbelt he reached inside her coat where he had seen her put the pills, looking at the label he gasped "Tryptophan?" He shook a few of the pills into his hand and held them to her mouth. After she swallowed them he undid her seatbelt and slid underneath her, holding her as she rode out the last of the seizure. When her body finally calmed down she nuzzled her face into his yawning as her body was exhausted from the stress put on it throughout the day. "Oh Jo, why didn't you say something?" He held her to him rocking slightly in the seat.
"Scared" she said mumbled into his neck.
"God Jo, I love you so much I can't even describe it. I literally ache when you're not around, when I can't hold you or touch you."
"I love you too Eric, I just didn't know how explain it."
"That's my point Jo; you wouldn't have had to explain it. Now, I just don't know what we're going to do."
"What do you mean Eric? I don't understand what you're saying." Jondy looked up at the man she had fallen in love with, the man that had fallen in love with her. He looked so sad and confused. "So, I get seizures every once in awhile, it's no big deal as long as I take my pills. We don't have to do anything differently than before."
Eric reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a bottle similar to Jody's. Jondy reached for the bottle slowly and looked at the label Tryptophan. She looked up at Eric's face which was now streaked with tears. She reached up and gently wiped them away, "Eric?"
He just shook his head and said in sad broken voice, "Za-ane"
Jody's eyes grew wide and she buried her face in his neck once again, her arms circling around him holding him tight, "Jondy" she said her own name it was muffled by his skin but he still heard her and he pulled her tight against him burrowing his face in her shoulder making it wet with his tears.
"So now you see why we can't be. But I love you so much, not like I love the others, it fills my whole body, but we can't."
Jondy pulled back and looked at him and then pulled his face down to hers kissing him strongly. She ran her tongue along his lips; she sucked on them and nibbled them until he gave her entrance into his mouth. Their tongues warred and they tasted each other filling the other's mouth with their own taste. Trying to get even closer to each other their bodies rubbed hard against each other. Zane fisted his hands in Jody's long blonde hair and Jondy tangled hers in his blue mane. Finally Zane pulled away with his hands still in her hair and resting his forehead against hers, "but you're my sister."
"No Zane, I'm not. In Manticore yeah we were brother and sister part of family, but out here we are two people who survived hell together, two people who are madly" kissing him hard and quick "passionately" running her tongue along his lips "in love."
Zane kissed her gently on the lips, "So you're sure this okay?" still a little unsure.
"Positive. I love you Zane, not like I love Krit, not like I love Zack. The love I have for them warms my heart, the love I have for you warms my entire body. You are my good place."
Zane smiled and moved in for another sweet kiss. "And you are mine."
A/N Okay I'm sorry if the ending is really sappy but I had no choice, I wanted a happy fic, to many sad angsty fics out there. I have an idea for another chapter I have decided if I'll write or post it yet.